SAFE MEDICATION USE IN PATIENTS WITH IMPAIRED RENAL FUNCTION Allan Grill MD, CCFP(COE), MPH, FCFP, CCPE Provincial Medical Lead, Primary Care, Ontario Renal Network Lead Physician, Markham Family Health Team Assistant Professor, DFCM, UofT Family Medicine Forum, Nov. 9, 2017
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SAFE MEDICATION USE IN PATIENTS WITH IMPAIRED RENAL FUNCTION
Allan Grill MD, CCFP(COE), MPH, FCFP, CCPE
Provincial Medical Lead, Primary Care, Ontario Renal Network
Lead Physician, Markham Family Health Team Assistant Professor, DFCM, UofT
Family Medicine Forum, Nov. 9, 2017
Faculty/Presenter Disclosure
Faculty: Dr. Allan Grill I have the following relevant financial relationships to disclose:
Disclosure of Commercial Support • This program has received NO Commercial
support • This program has received NO in-kind support
• Potential for conflict(s) of interest: • Not Applicable
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Learning Objectives
• To recognize common causes of adverse drug reactions (ADRs)
• To appreciate common medication prescribing challenges in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including LTC settings
• To propose innovative solutions in primary care that promote improved medication prescribing practices for patients with CKD/impaired renal function
About the Ontario Renal Network
• Responsible for overseeing and funding the delivery of chronic kidney disease (CKD) services across Ontario
• A ‘network’ of all the kidney care programs in Ontario
• Early detection and prevention of progression of CKD in the primary care setting is a main priority
• Ontario Renal Plan II is a roadmap that outlines how the Ontario Renal Network (ORN) will try to improve the lives of those living with CKD
Accessing KidneyWise Toolkit
Print Online App
kidneywise.ca
Prevalence of CKD
• Abnormality in kidney structure or function, present for > 3 months • eGFR < 60; urine ACR > 3 (2 out of 3 samples)
• 10% of North Americans have CKD • 26 million people
• 25% of North Americans > age 65 have CKD • Only 3% of CKD patients progress to ESRD
GFR Categories in CKD
KDIGO CKD Guidelines, 2012
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
Case 1 • 85 year old male with DM and stable CKD
(stage 4; eGFR 28); lives in a nursing home • Presents to their primary care provider (PCP)
with shingles, started on Valacyclovir (Valtrex) 1g tid
• 2 days later – presents with delirium, agitation requiring neuroleptics to control
• Recommended dose (eGFR < 30) – 1g daily
Case 2 • 76 year old female with CKD (eGFR 35). • Ongoing issues with lower back pain - started on
baclofen by PCP after trial of Tylenol ineffective • The following day, presents with confusion
followed by stupor – sent to the ER. Subsequently develops NSTEMI in hospital and dies
Case 3 • 83 year old male with CHF, HTN and CKD (creatinine
180; eGFR 35) on ramipril 5 mg daily • Admitted to hospital for a CHF exacerbation and started
on spironolactone - stabilized • 2 weeks after discharge, PCP checks eGFR/electrolytes,
and stops spironolactone due to elevated potassium level. Furosemide started prn while awaiting cardiology follow-up
• 1 month later, patient is admitted to ortho after a fall for R hip # surgery, and gets discharged 5 days later on spironolactone in addition to his other medications
• Presented to ER 5 days later with leg weakness. Creatinine 350, eGFR 16, K 7.8
Institute of Medicine - 1999
• 44,000-98,000 deaths in US due to medical errors; 1 million injuries
• 7,000 deaths annually in the U.S. due to medication errors alone
• CKD-EPI formula replaced MDRD – still limited re: extremes in size given chosen ‘constants’
• www.nkdep.nih.gov (online calculator)
Cases
SCr Gender Age IW CG(ml/min)
MDRD(ml/min1.73m2)
CKDEPI(ml/min/1.73m2)
130 M 40 70 66.1 56 59
130 M 80 60 34 49 44
130 F 80 50 24.1 37 33
Cases
• Which formula should be used to make drug dosing decisions?
Measuring Kidney Function • Despite the limitations of all 3 formulas…
• 1998 – FDA recommends pharma industry use CG formula to estimate GFR when designing pharmacokinetic studies & drug dosing guidelines
• 2017 – labs in Canada have standardized serum creatinine assays and are using the CKD-EPI formula for estimating GFR; international consensus that CKD-EPI is more accurate than CG (including the National Kidney Foundation)
• Yet many product labels, and physicians, still use CG formula for drug dose adjustments
Measuring Kidney Function
• So why is this even important? • Accurate estimates of kidney function are essential
for optimal dosing of drugs cleared by the kidney • If kidney function overestimated à inappropriate
large doses à toxicity • If kidney function underestimated à sub-
therapeutic dosing à treatment failure à prolonged illness
Stevens et al. Am J Kidney Dis 2009 • 5,500 patient database • Studies measured GFR
(mGFR) using gold standard urinary clearance method
• Kidney function estimated using CG & MDRD adjusted for BSA (ml/min)
• In most drug dosing situations in outpatient primary care for patients with CKD/impaired renal function, using serum eGFR as a reference is safe and acceptable
• In situations when patients are very sick, have extremes in body mass (obese vs. thin/frail), or medication chosen has high toxicity – order a 24 hr. urine for the most accurate estimation of GFR
Potential Interventions - prescriber
• One might hypothesize
that eGFR reporting would reduce prescribing errors in CKD
• More awareness of CKD • Initiation of eGFR
reporting not associated with a decline in rate of antibiotic dosing errors
• Knowledge gap • ? Not looking for CKD Faragetal.AJKD2014
Drug prescribing errors in CKD
• Prescribing physician may not have known patient had low kidney function à KidneyWise
Scope of the problem
• Number of medications available in Canada to lower glucose levels in patients with diabetes
Quiz!
• Which of these drugs is least dependent on renal elimination?
a) Digoxin b) Gabapentin c) Ranitidine d) Enalapril
Quiz!
• Which of these drugs is least dependent on renal elimination?
a) Digoxin b) Gabapentin c) Ranitidine d) Enalapril
Drug prescribing errors in CKD Drug %excretedextrarenally
Digoxin 30
Rani.dine 20
Lisinopril 20
Dabigatran 20
Famciclovir 14
Atenolol 12
Enalapril 10
Acyclovir 10
Allopurinol 10
Lithium 2
Gabapen.n 2
Drug prescribing errors in CKD
Prescribingfrequency
ToxicityinCKD
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prescribed
incorrectly
NSAIDs
Cephalexin
Gabapen.n
Dabigatran
Medica.onsthatrequiredoseadjustmentinCKD
Acyclovir
Nitrofurantoin
Baclofen
Rani.dine
Allopurinol
Cipro
Digoxin
Cime.dine
Atenolol
Sotalol
Drug prescribing errors in CKD
• Prescribing physician may not have known patient had low kidney function à KidneyWise
• Prescribing physician may not have known that the drug required a dose adjustment
ORN - CKD Safe Medication List
• It is difficult for PCPs to easily access a list of commonly prescribed, potentially harmful medications in those patients with CKD or ESRD.
• The development of such a list would contribute to an effective strategy to reduce and prevent harm to patients with CKD.
Approach – CKD Safe Medication List
Overview of Approach
1. Literature Review 2. Modified Delphi Panel
3. Knowledge Translation
Note: this study received ethics approval from the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board
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Initial Literature Search
=871 articles
116 articles
Medications identified from articles + experts
=148 medications
59 medications
Literature Review and Medication Review
89 medications excluded based on : • Prescription frequency • Availability in Canada • Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and
Specialties (CPS) dosing recommendations
755 articles were excluded due to: • Not related to CKD/ESRD • Alternative medicine studies • Animal studies • Not approved in Canada • Case Series/Case Reports • Editorials/Letters
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Modified Delphi Study Panel
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Number of Experts =17 N % Geographic distribution Ontario 12 71
British Columbia 3 18
Alberta 1 6
Saskatchewan 1 6
Specialties Pharmacists 5 29
Nephrologists 5 29
Internists/Pharmacologists 3 18
Emergency Department Physicians 1 6
Nurse Practitioners 1 6
Medication Safety Specialists 1 6
Primary Care Physicians 1 6
Gender Male 10 59
Female 7 41
Example of CKD Medication Safety Questionnaire
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Modified Delphi Process Chart
Round 1: Electronic Survey
Round 2: Facilitated Discussion
and Survey
Round 3: Electronic Survey
Consensus or Decision Point Reached
Results analyzed and sent back to panel
Results analyzed and sent back to panel
Final Results; Medication List
Developed
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Results: Recommended draft list of medications to be AVOIDED
in patients with CKD and/or impaired kidney function by:
o Adjusting the dose of particular drugs used routinely in primary care practice
o Avoiding the use of particular drugs common to primary care practice
Potential interventions – clinical decision support • Could EMR systems help prevent medication errors? • Vanderbuilt University Hospital – 598 inpatients • Chose 122 nephrotoxic/renally cleared meds • Passive: non-interactive message on EMR Rx order interface • Warnings sent to MD if sCr level é by 0.5mg/dL w/in 48 hrs. • Active: interuptive alert that required the ordering MD to:
• Modify or discontinue the order • Mark the order as correct – remain unchanged • Defer the alert – will reappear at next log-in
McCoyetal.AJKD2010
Potential interventions – clinical decision support
McCoyetal.AJKD2010
Potential interventions – clinical decision support
McCoyetal.AJKD2010
Potential interventions – clinical decision support
McCoyetal.AJKD2010
Potential interventions – clinical decision support
• The STOPP/START criteria • Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially
inappropriate Prescriptions • Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment
• www.deprescribing.org • www.medstopper.com
Conclusions • Medication prescribing errors are common in patients with CKD
and are potentially harmful • Many medications commonly prescribed in primary care require
dose adjustment in CKD • eGFR is a sensible measure to assess level of kidney function in
the context of medication dosing in the majority of cases • Severity of illness, extremes of body mass, drug toxicity
• Integrated electronic patient-level information on level of kidney function between prescribers and pharmacists reduces errors
• Medication reviews should be performed at regular intervals with particular attention to dose adjustments in patients with renal impairment to prevent Adverse Drug Reactions